Horse profile
Handel (USA)
6yo gelding (at last run, Nov 2024) · Last trainer Chelsea Banham · Last owner Chelsea Banham Pre Training Ltd
by Pioneerof the Nile (USA) out of Party Starter (USA) (Medaglia d'Oro)
41 runs · 12 courses · from Jun 2020
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 11 Nov 2024 — 709 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Nov 2024 · 4th of 12
Won at Yarmouth
Headgear returns LTO
Last raced off OR 47
KTB Profile
Handel won once from 41 starts, the success coming in a Class 6 handicap at Yarmouth over 1m – 1m1f on good to firm in Jul 2023. All wins at Class 6. The gelding, who raced on turf and all-weather, has no wins from 29 starts on the all-weather and no wins from five starts on soft or slower ground. Aged 6 at his last run in Nov 2024, he finished fourth of 12 at Wolverhampton in a Class 6 handicap, last raced off OR 47 which was 38lb below his highest ever mark. Headgear returned at that run.
Based on 41 archived runs · run-style from 4 commented runs since Aug 2024 · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance
Won on turf, 0 on AW
Wins on good or faster
Win at Class 6
OR ↓ 38lb off peak
- 1–41Wins / Runs
- 2.4%Strike rate
- 12 (29.3%)Placed
- −33.50£1 level staken=41 at SP
- 0.25Fair A/E n=41 · 0.21 incl. margin
- 85Highest OR
- 40dAvg between runs
A/E compares actual wins with what starting prices implied. "Fair" strips the bookmaker margin from the expectation, so favourites and longshots are judged on the same footing — figures near 1.00 mean the market priced this horse about right.
Official rating47↓ 38lb off peak
47
47–85
KTB Speed and Rating
KTB Speed
Best recent Speed 96
How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →
Flat
| Going | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 28 | 101A | 82.5 | — |
| Good | 4 | 97C | 73.5 | — |
| Soft | 4 | 95C | 91.5 | — |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 105C | 98 | — |
| Good to Soft | 1 | — | — | — |
| Distance | Runs | Best | Median | Since 21 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 23 | 105C | 86 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 101A | 83 | — |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 4 | 98A | 70 | — |
Of 41 runs looked at, 1 has no figure: not enough races on the card to set the day (under 4) (1).
KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 40 figures from 41 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast
Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.
Run style from 4 analysed runs since Aug 2024
- Held up 4 (100%) · 0 wins
Pedigree intelligence
Sire
Pioneerof the Nile (USA)
Progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 75 runs since Jan 2008 (9 horses).
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm | 1 | 1 | 100% | +89.3 | — |
| Good to Firm | 7 | 1 | 14.3% | +3.6 | 1 from 3 |
| Good | 18 | 1 | 5.6% | −5.1 | 0 from 4 |
| Good to Soft | 5 | 0 | 0% | −10.7 | 0 from 1 |
| Soft | 8 | 2 | 25% | +14.3 | 0 from 4 |
| Standard (AW) | 36 | 3 | 8.3% | −2.4 | 0 from 29 |
| Distance (all codes) | Runs | Wins | SR | vs sire | This horse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6f | 3 | 0 | 0% | −10.7 | — |
| 6f – 7f | 21 | 2 | 9.5% | −1.2 | 0 from 13 |
| 1m – 1m1f | 39 | 4 | 10.3% | −0.4 | 1 from 23 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.7 | 0 from 5 |
| 1m5f – 2m | 2 | 2 | 100% | +89.3 | — |
Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Jan 2008 · as at 21 Oct 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast
Dam
Party Starter (USA) (Medaglia d'Oro)
No other produce in our archive. It holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from 2005, so siblings racing elsewhere won’t appear here.
Record by conditions
| Going | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard (AW) | 29 | 0 | 0% | −29.00 |
| Good | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Soft | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Good to Firm | 3 | 1 | 33% | +4.50 |
| Good to Soft | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Class | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class 6 | 22 | 1 | 5% | −14.50 |
| Class 5 | 10 | 0 | 0% | −10.00 |
| Class 4 | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Course | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield (AW) | 9 | 0 | 0% | −9.00 |
| Wolverhampton (AW) | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| Chelmsford City (AW) | 6 | 0 | 0% | −6.00 |
| Yarmouth | 5 | 1 | 20% | +2.50 |
| Kempton (AW) | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Southwell (AW) | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| Leopardstown | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Killarney | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Limerick | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Distance | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1m – 1m1f | 23 | 1 | 4% | −15.50 |
| 6f – 7f | 13 | 0 | 0% | −13.00 |
| 1m2f – 1m4f | 5 | 0 | 0% | −5.00 |
| Jockey | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Haynes | 31 | 1 | 3% | −23.50 |
| Seamie Heffernan | 4 | 0 | 0% | −4.00 |
| Miss Leah Banham | 3 | 0 | 0% | −3.00 |
| William Carson | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Ryan Moore | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Wayne Lordan | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
| Headgear | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | 32 | 0 | 0% | −32.00 |
| Cheekpieces | 7 | 1 | 14% | +0.50 |
| Blinkers | 2 | 0 | 0% | −2.00 |
| Season | Runs | Wins | SR | £1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 0% | −15.00 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 10% | −2.50 |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 0% | −8.00 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 0% | −7.00 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0% | −1.00 |
Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.
Form
| Date | Course | Race | Pos | Btn | Wgt | OR | Spd | KTB | Jockey | SP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 24+44d | Wolverhampton (AW) | BetMGM: It's Showtime Handicap Sluggish start - settled just behind the pace before being pushed along a furlong out - given at the finish to be edged out of third | 4/12 | hd | 9-4 | 47 | 91A | 71A | Joey Haynes | 25/1 |
| 28 Sep 24+9d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Betfair 'Hands And Heels' Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Slow into stride - settled at back - progress wide 4f out - driven from 3f out - lost place late to finish 9th | 9/11 | nk | 10-2 | 49 | 59C | 45C | Miss Leah Banham | 8/1 |
| 19 Sep 24+24d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Best Odds On The Betfair Exchange Handicap Checked and eased left away from the stalls - settled towards the back - pushed along to make late progress but couldn't threaten over the final furlong | 5/12 | 1 | 9-4 | 50 | 96A | 63A | Joey Haynes | 14/1 |
| 26 Aug 24+28d | Southwell (AW) | AK Bets Best Price Premier League Handicap Held up towards the back - urged forward approaching 2f out - found room and made progress inside final furlong - stayed on strongly to finish close up in 5th | 5/13 | nk | 9-5 | 51 | 84B | 69A | Joey Haynes | 14/1 |
| 29 Jul 24+10d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Download The Raceday Ready App Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 2/13 | shd | 10-1 | 50 | 78B | 82A | Miss Leah Banham | 16/1 |
| 19 Jul 24+11d | Pontefract | Sky Bet Supporting Matt Hampson Foundation Handicap | 9/9 | ½ | 9-7 | 53 | 64A | 50A | William Carson | 50/1 |
| 08 Jul 24+42d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Get The Inside Track With raceday-ready.com Handicap (Div 2) | 8/11 | nk | 9-10 | 53 | 84A | 63A | Joey Haynes | 14/1 |
| 27 May 24+25d | Yarmouth | Quinnbet Handicap | 6/9 | 1¾ | 9-9 | 55 | 91A | 65A | Joey Haynes | 5/1 |
| 02 May 24+14d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Murray Kerr Memorial Handicap | 6/9 | 4¾ | 8-7 | 56 | 81A | 53A | Joey Haynes | 28/1 |
| 18 Apr 24+5d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Each Way Extra At Bet365 Amateur Jockeys' Handicap | 8/15 | 2 | 10-7 | 56 | 70B | 61A | Miss Leah Banham | 8/1 |
| 13 Apr 24+23d | Yarmouth | BresBet Grand National Raceday Handicap | 3/12 | shd | 9-6 | 56 | 83A | 79A | Joey Haynes | 4/1J |
| 21 Mar 24+19d | Southwell (AW) | Best Racing Odds Guaranteed At BetMGM Handicap | 6/10 | hd | 9-8 | 57 | 89A | 69A | Joey Haynes | 9/1 |
| 02 Mar 24+23d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Supports Safe Gambling Handicap | 2/12 | 3 | 9-7 | 56 | 80A | 75A | Joey Haynes | 12/1 |
| 08 Feb 24+22d | Lingfield (AW) | Bet 10 Get 40 At Betmgm Handicap | 8/11 | ½ | 9-8 | 57 | 76A | 67A | Joey Haynes | 18/1 |
| 17 Jan 24+17d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet More Boosts In More Races Handicap | 3/9 | 2¼ | 9-7 | 58 | 84B | 74A | Joey Haynes | 17/2 |
| 31 Dec 23+25d | Lingfield (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap | 9/11 | ½ | 9-8 | 59 | 70A | 67A | Joey Haynes | 22/1 |
| 06 Dec 23+25d | Lingfield (AW) | BetUK. Home Of The Acca-Fenwa Handicap | 5/8 | 3½ | 9-8 | 59 | 98A | 62A | Joey Haynes | 40/1 |
| 11 Nov 23+26d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Laser Electrical Sponsorship Handicap | 6/8 | nse | 9-9 | 61 | 42A | 68A | Joey Haynes | 17/2 |
| 16 Oct 23+40d | Yarmouth | Great Prices On Bresbet.Com Handicap | 9/11 | 3½ | 9-6 | 62 | 70A | 54A | Joey Haynes | 14/1 |
| 06 Sep 23+56d | Lingfield (AW) | Free Tips Daily On AtTheRaces.com Handicap | 5/10 | nk | 9-11 | 62 | 99A | 79A | Joey Haynes | 7/2F |
| 12 Jul 23+11d | Yarmouth | QuinnBet Handicap | 1/13 | 10-0 | 57 | 105C | 92A | Joey Haynes | 13/2 | |
| 01 Jul 23+38d | Lingfield (AW) | Kim Hatton 65th Birthday Celebration Handicap (AWT) (Div 1) | 4/11 | ½ | 9-13 | 57 | — | 76A | Joey Haynes | 7/1 |
| 24 May 23+68d | Yarmouth | Download The QuinnBet App Handicap (Div 1) | 3/7 | ½ | 9-7 | 58 | 98A | 74A | Joey Haynes | 4/1C |
| 17 Mar 23+42d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Spreadex Sports Cheltenham Festival Offers Handicap (Div 2) | 3/10 | nse | 9-11 | 57 | 68A | 76A | Joey Haynes | 10/3 |
| 03 Feb 23+188d | Lingfield (AW) | Spreadex Sports Live UK Racing Streaming Handicap | 6/7 | 1 | 8-8 | 60 | 77A | 51A | Joey Haynes | 22/1 |
| 30 Jul 22+27d | Lingfield (AW) | Choice Training Handicap | 7/12 | 1¼ | 9-1 | 60 | 99A | 64A | Joey Haynes | 40/1 |
| 03 Jul 22+17d | Chelmsford City (AW) | Mark Elks 70 Years Young Celebration Handicap | 9/9 | 2 | 9-5 | 64 | 76A | 56A | Joey Haynes | 16/1 |
| 16 Jun 22+29d | Lingfield (AW) | Follow AtTheRaces On Twitter Handicap | 8/10 | ½ | 9-7 | 66 | 85A | 66A | Joey Haynes | 50/1 |
| 18 May 22+15d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet Extra Place Offers Every Day Handicap | 11/12 | ½ | 8-6 | 68 | 101A | 59A | Joey Haynes | 66/1 |
| 03 May 22+21d | Lingfield (AW) | Read Kevin Blake On attheraces.com Handicap | 5/7 | 2 | 9-0 | 71 | 86A | 64A | Joey Haynes | 25/1 |
| 12 Apr 22+27d | Wolverhampton (AW) | All Weather Championships Mile Handicap | 8/9 | 1¼ | 9-6 | 73 | 90A | 71A | Joey Haynes | 12/1 |
| 16 Mar 22+53d | Kempton (AW) | Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day Handicap | 7/11 | 1¾ | 8-11 | 75 | 91B | 75A | Joey Haynes | 40/1 |
| 22 Jan 22+24d | Wolverhampton (AW) | MansionBet Best Odds Guaranteed Novice Stakes (GBB Race) | 2/7 | 2¾ | 10-0 | 79 | 75A | 85B | Joey Haynes | 16/1 |
| 29 Dec 21+25d | Southwell (AW) | Mansionbet Beaten By A Head Novice Stakes | 6/9 | 3½ | 9-2 | 82 | 59A | 64A | Joey Haynes | 7/2 |
| 04 Dec 21+121d | Wolverhampton (AW) | Betway Novice Stakes | 6/8 | ¾ | 9-3 | 84 | 61A | 71A | Joey Haynes | 17/2 |
| 05 Aug 21+23d | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden | 3/12 | 5½ | 9-7 | 85 | 90A | 79A | Ryan Moore | EvensF |
| 13 Jul 21+55d | Killarney | Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Div 2) | 3/14 | ¾ | 9-7 | 85 | 97C | 81A | Wayne Lordan | 7/4F |
| 19 May 21+25d | Cork | Follow Us On Instagram Maiden | 2/14 | 2¼ | 9-7 | 80 | 95C | 89A | Seamie Heffernan | 2/1F |
| 24 Apr 21+17d | Limerick | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (Plus 10) | 3/16 | 3½ | 9-7 | — | 83C | 80A | Seamie Heffernan | 2/1 |
| 07 Apr 21+290d | Gowran Park | Gowran Park Golf Club Maiden | 2/16 | ¾ | 9-7 | — | 93C | 89A | Seamie Heffernan | 12/1 |
| 21 Jun 20 | Leopardstown | Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden | 10/10 | 5½ | 9-2 | — | 42C | 48C | Seamie Heffernan | 7/1 |
Quick answers
- How many races has Handel (USA) won?
- Handel (USA) won 1 of 41 archived starts between 2020 and 2024, a strike rate of 2.4%. Placed 12 times in total (29.3% of starts).
- Who trained Handel (USA)?
- Handel (USA) was trained by Chelsea Banham on the most recent run on record, at Wolverhampton (AW) on 11 November 2024.
- Who is Handel (USA)'s sire?
- Handel (USA) is by Pioneerof the Nile (USA) out of Party Starter (USA), whose sire is Medaglia d'Oro.
- What going does Handel (USA) prefer?
- Handel (USA) has the best record on good to firm going: 1 win from 3 starts (33.3%). Only going bands with at least three archived starts are read, so this is a direction rather than a settled preference.
- What is Handel (USA)'s official rating?
- The most recent official rating on record is 47, from the run on 11 November 2024. The highest on record is 85.
- What is Handel (USA)'s sire's record?
- Pioneerof the Nile (USA)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.7% of 75 runs since Jan 2008 (9 horses), Flat and jumps together.